More early-built Gillig images, from various sources.
A collage of early GIllig buses from a brochure
Advertising the roof strength
A Gillig on a Dodge Power Wagon Chassis
A Shortie Gillig on a Chevrolet Chassis
A Gillig on a White Mfg. Chassis
The very first Gillig with a Wheelchair lift
Wheelchair-lift Gillig from a different angle
More early-built Gillig images, from various sources.
Late 40s or early 50s Gillig - Bethel School District Bus No. 50-3 photographed in Tacoma, Washington.
This May 5, 1950 photo taken at a Tacoma White Engine Company location, shows a Gillig manufactured sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s. There are a few unusual notations to consider. One, is that this GIllig features only one red roof flasher instead of two on the front of the bus. Another is the rubrail strip. Unlike most Gilligs, where the four-rubrail strip only sits at the side window line, the rubrail strip on this bus totally encompasses it, except for the upper two at the front of the bus. Also, this bus being pictured at a White Engine Company location makes it especially interesting since at the time, the preferred engine in a Gillig was either an International Red Diamond engine or a Hall-Scott - both gas powered. This photo is part of the Tacoma Public Library Photo Archive.
This bus was operated by the Bethel School District, and the photographer of this picture is unknown.
50-3 - Left front view
Rio Vista Joint Union Schools Bus No. 1, Rio Vista, California
This is a 1930s-era Gillig, and is supplied by Gina Godat. No other information is known at this time.
Rio Vista Bus #1
1952 Gillig on a Power Wagon Chassis.
This is a 1952 Gillig on a Dodge B-3 Power Wagon chassis with a 126-inch wheelbase. It was originally one of two identical units bought for the Foresthall Unified School District in California, and was recently bought by a Texas man and is now undergoing complete restoration. Special thanks to John Eickhof for the photographs and information.
Head on view
Left rear view
Right front view
1940s Gillig - Interior view
Here you'll see that not much has changed about the older Gillig school buses, based off of this photo taken looking forward on the inside of a late-40s Gillig. Image from a 1940s sales brochure.
Inside view - looking forward
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